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Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on May 26th, 2010
In this newsletter 4Culture announces the 2009 Arts Sustained Support awards. When we reviewed applications in this cycle, we discovered many things that speak to the strength and resilience of our field. The real surprise to us is that we…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Mar 25th, 2010
March 28, 2010
As I write this, the 2010 state legislative session is in overtime, with legislators battling over the revised 2010 budget, grappling with a $2.9 million deficit. Does the legislature “enhance revenues,” as the Senate prefers, or cut programs…
Posted in Arts, Feature Stories, Heritage, Preservation on Nov 5th, 2009
As we near the end of 2009, I wanted to share with you the current outlook for 4Culture’s funding and services next year and some of the thoughts we are having as we make decisions about how to allocate fewer dollars in…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art, Recommended Events on Oct 8th, 2009
In Jim’s recent Letter from the Director, he mentioned that 4Culture and other agencies are planning an event to help the cultural organizations create emergency plans. Here are the confirmed details:
Are You Prepared?
• In 2001, the Nisqually earthquake caused over…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art, Recommended Events on Oct 1st, 2009
The snowstorms last winter had a devastating impact on arts and cultural organizations, resulting in canceled performances and lost ticket income in the height of the holiday season, when traditional shows provide a substantial portion of many groups’ annual earned revenue.
Were…
Posted in Arts on Sep 2nd, 2009
In early July, 4Culture learned that it had been awarded $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the $50 million appropriated through the NEA from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA.) ARRA funding is all about…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Aug 5th, 2009
A New Platform for Your Ideas
This month, we’re very excited to be launching Blog4Culture at blog.4culture.org. This is the brand new *news* section of 4Culture, designed with some special features in mind to make it more accessible and tailored to…
Posted in Heritage, Recommended Events on Jul 15th, 2009
This 4Culture e-newsletter will reach you just in time for the arrival in Seattle/King County of the fifty-four vintage Ford Model T’s that set off to cross the country along the back roads of 12 states…
Posted in Public Art on Jun 1st, 2009
Public Art
The benefits of Public Art are multi-faceted. Research and experience have shown that Public Art increases the livability, walkability and desirability of neighborhoods and cities, which in turn, drives local economy, tourism, health, safety and more resources for better…
Posted in Heritage, Preservation on May 29th, 2009
The National Trust for Historic Preservation was created through legislation signed by President Harry Truman in 1949, sixteen years before the establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts. Its charge was simple: to provide leadership,…
Posted in Arts, Heritage, Preservation, Public Art on Apr 10th, 2009
Since our last newsletter in early March, the results of a study examining the impacts of the recession on area arts and cultural organizations, has been released.
The study was funded by 4Culture, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Seattle…
Posted in Heritage, Preservation on Mar 1st, 2009
So your parents or cousins or college roommates are visiting for the tenth time in the last three years and you’re wondering, what are we going to do this time? They’ve been to all the usual spots and want…
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